John Curl Interviewed on Audiophile Foundation's YouTube Channel

the group requested i conduct the interview

The San Francisco Audiophile Foundation recently invited me to interview John Curl—a true audio designing legend whose decades spanning career includes working for Ampex, Mark Levinson, Parasound, Constellation and many other companies as well as designing a few equally legendary products he self-marketed like the Blowtorch and Vendetta Research preamps. Phono preampfification is a particular Curl speciality.

Keeping Mr. Curl on the "straight and narrow" was going to be a tough task but I was prepared for it and though it required frequent "course corrections", if you're a Curl fan—and even if you're not—I think you'll enjoy the conversation.

I'm not sure anyone else has managed to get him to cover his career arc as well defined and linearly expressed as i somehow managed, and aided here by excellent editing and video organizing by the folks at The San Francisco Audiophile Foundation who I thank for letting me conduct the interview.

Comments

2025-08-07 05:19:16 PM

Come on wrote:

I’m not really known for being a fanboy and someone who likes to suck up, but I seem to have dropouts here…

Didn’t watch the whole thing yet, but although I certainly was interested in John Curl (and he’s quite a character), I also began to watch because in these times of amateur writers, reviewers, YouTubers, interviewers, it’s always healthy to see/read professional work as for example interviews from Fred Kaplan or MF. Having good humor at the right place, Holding back, but still reacting, finding the right topics for the interviewee and the audience, letting things flow and structuring at the right time - it all looks easy, but it's not, as we experience all too often. Good work, you had the right vibes with him. And John Curl is badass.